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Heidegger makes the distinction between being absorbed in the way things are in the world and being aware that things are in the world.

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Death cures psychoneurosis. In a sense all these neurotic concerns–fear of rejection, interpersonal concerns–seem to melt away, and people get another perspective on their lives. The important things are really important, and the trivia of life is trivialized.
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…the more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
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Despite the staunchest, most venerable defenses, we can never completely subdue death anxiety: it is always there, lurking in some hidden ravine of the mind.
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A free man who lives among the ignorant strives as far as he can to avoid their favors. A free man acts honestly, not deceptively.
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The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.
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Just as you were about to step on it, I asked you “Do you want to cross the footbridge to me?” – Immediately you did not want to anymore; and when I asked you again you remained silent.
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Marriage and its entourage of possession and jealousy enslave the spirit.
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One comprehends oneself in order not to be preoccupied with oneself.
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Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude.
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… sooner or later she had to give up the hope for a better past.
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Life as a therapist is a life of service in which we daily transcend our personal wishes and turn our gaze toward the needs and growth of the other.
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This is what makes us human. But it comes with a costly price: the wound of mortality. Our existence is forever shadowed by the knowledge that we will grow, blossom, and, inevitably, diminish and die.
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If people in their 20s had more death awareness, would that in fact temper their ambition or drive?
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What? ‘Borderline patients play games’? That what you said? Ernest, you’ll never be a real therapist if you think like that. That’s exactly what I meant earlier when I talked about the dangers of diagnosis.
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Death, however, does itch. It itches all the time. It is always with us, scratching at some inner door.
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Never take away anything if you have nothing better to offer
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